Patents by Inventor Naoyuki Takazawa

Naoyuki Takazawa has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8304132
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly including a plurality of unit cells which are composed of an electrolyte membrane, an anode including anode catalyst layers arranged at intervals on one of surfaces of the electrolyte membrane, and anode gas diffusion layers stacked on the anode catalyst layers, and a cathode including cathode catalyst layers arranged at intervals on the other surface of the electrolyte membrane and opposed to the anode catalyst layers, respectively, and cathode gas diffusion layers stacked on the cathode catalyst layers, wherein a thickness of at least one of the anode catalyst layer and the cathode catalyst layer of one of the unit cells, which neighbor each other, gradually decreases toward the other of the unit cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hisashi Chigusa, Katsumi Ichikawa, Hitoshi Koda, Akiko Fujisawa, Shinichi Onodera, Hiroaki Wakamatsu, Shinichi Kanbayashi, Naoyuki Takazawa
  • Publication number: 20110275001
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly including a plurality of unit cells which are composed of an electrolyte membrane, an anode including anode catalyst layers arranged at intervals on one of surfaces of the electrolyte membrane, and anode gas diffusion layers stacked on the anode catalyst layers, and a cathode including cathode catalyst layers arranged at intervals on the other surface of the electrolyte membrane and opposed to the anode catalyst layers, respectively, and cathode gas diffusion layers stacked on the cathode catalyst layers, wherein a thickness of at least one of the anode catalyst layer and the cathode catalyst layer of one of the unit cells, which neighbor each other, gradually decreases toward the other of the unit cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Hisashi Chigusa, Katsumi Ichikawa, Hitoshi Koda, Akiko Fujisawa, Shinichi Onodera, Hiroaki Wakamatsu, Shinichi Kanbayashi, Naoyuki Takazawa